Ignites

The Murderer Behind The Wall (Ten)

            Cigarette smoke soars into the air creating tiny cups that swirl over a dark, empty room. A man with an expensive suit stelan was sitting haughtily while sucking his cigar full of delicacy. Lately, justice enforcers often harass their business activities that have always been safe from the naive law enforcement. But somehow lately they often disrupt their business by doing something suddenly before ships containing their logistics goods are dispatched to several countries in Asia and Europe.

            “Paman.”

            The man looked up and found his nephew walking into his dimly lit room. The nephew sat himself in front of the uncle while pouring scotch into his high clear glass.

            “There's a need for what you came this late here, do you have a problem?” ask the man calmly. It was as if he could read the girly of the nephew who would definitely come to see him when he had a problem.

           “Ah, uncle does always know what is going on with me. Actually it's our business licensing issue, yesterday I met Nam Yulwon to discuss our business licensing issues that he should have updated two months ago, but until now the greedy minister has not done his job

at all well, whereas every month we always send money that is more than enough to bribe it, but the selfless minister is exploiting our weaknesses to get the most from our side. Uncle, I think uncle has to act fast because of Nam Yulwon

threatening to expose our illegal business to all the Korean people, if it happens then finish our history uncle.” said the nephew worried. The middle-aged man smiled slanted as he exhaled a dense smoke into the air. Of course during his business with untrustworthy people like Nam Yulwon he had prepared many weapons to finish off the man if the limits of his patience had run out. After all, Nam Yulwon does not know about his big secret that he has long known, so he can attack Nam Yulwon anytime when the greedy man starts messing with him.

            “Jaejong-ah, right now all you have to do is get the stooges from Park Boyoung who are trying to investigate our business fraud. Nam Yulwon's problem doesn't need you to think because uncle already has a weapon that will make him destroyed to the brink if he dares to do anything to us. Tomorrow give this envelope to Nam Yulwon and tell him if I have learned of his dark secret so that he never tries to dirty the agreement that was agreed at the beginning of the cooperation.”

            The man threw a tightly sealed brown envelope on the table while sneering cunningly. He was sure that after this Nam Yulwon would again bow before him after seeing the contents of the envelope.

            “Uncle, regarding Park Boyoung, it seems he has ordered some intel to investigate the movement of our business, he said, does uncle have a spy that we can infiltrate into intelligence headquarters, I think we need to do to keep an eye on every move Park Boyoung.”

            “Hahaha, it turns out that you are quite paranoid as well as my nephew. But just so you know, uncle has

smuggle someone inside the base to give you every piece of information you need. So far there is no problem whatsoever to worry about, but we do have to be aware of the son of Lee Taehyung who is trying to dismantle our illegal business. But you take it easy, as long as Lee Haejun, the son of Lee Taehyung hasn't gone too far into our personal affairs, we don't need to take any action on him. But if he has gone too far into our personal affairs, then he must be killed with great cruelty to remove our dirty traces, do you understand?”

           Park Jaejong nodded his head in understanding while sneering cunningly at his uncle. At least for tonight he will not be worried about his family business which may be disturbed by Park Boyoung and his minions. But he still has to be vigilant to prevent the occurrence of things that are not desirable because after all the business is very valuable to them.

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           Yuka stepped inside the agency office with a sweet smile that spread across her face. Today she was finally able to drive her own new car after yesterday she kept begging her husband to let him drive himself to the agency office. After all, this afternoon her husband will only return from China, so inevitably he still has to drive himself to do a photo shoot that was once messed up by Haejun.

            “Nona Im, tumben you were not followed by your strange assistant, where is he?” ask a receptionist to Yuka. Yuka immediately giggled amusedly imagining Haejun who had always been disguised as Han Jino and followed her wherever she went. Sometimes Haejun follows her into the bathroom and sometimes steals a chance to kiss her. Ahh, now he felt like he missed his beloved husband.

            “Today Jino is on clearance because she has a sudden need at her mother's house, so she can't accompany me to do a photo shoot today.” Yuka replied reasoned. The receptionist was angry and immediately gave permission for Yuka to enter the studio after Yuka said goodbye.

            “Nona Yuka, you finally came too, I thought today you would cancel your schedule again like you used to, at that time we were almost hit by a rampage by a big boss because we were judged to not be able to invite you to cooperate.”

            Naeun hugs Yuka full of relief while guiding Yuka to enter into the waiting room. Hearing that, Yuka immediately apologized to Naeun because at that time Jino or her husband almost ruined her shooting contract. But thankfully the sponsors were not so angry about the incident, that they were willing to give him the opportunity to change the day's shoot on another day.

            “Oh I'm sorry, at that time Jino was too tired, so he behaved rashly by canceling the shooting contract unilaterally. But now he has fixed the issue with the sponsor, so that I can change my shooting schedule that day to today.”

            Naeun smiled gently at Yuka through the mirror while nodding Yuka's hair high up. Today the theme of shooting Yuka is the powerful Soul, so Naeun needs to give a thick enough makeup first on Yuka's face before tidying up a bit of Yuka's hair to impress like a career woman who is full of passionate aura in her.

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            Haejun got off the plane wearing sunglasses that framed his tired face. Last night he only slept two hours because he had to investigate the logistics warehouse in the port of Chusang. Then this morning when he was about to go back to sleep, he suddenly got a call from the president who told him to immediately go home to Seoul because the president wanted to know the results of the investigation conducted by Haejun directly. Then when he was about to close his eyes on the plane, he continued to be disturbed by the noise of the baby who since he was sitting on the toilet seat was not stopping to cry, crying, so that he could not sleep quietly and just closed his eyes in the plane.

            Haejun let out a sigh of relief when he saw a driver had been standing in front of the arrival gate while carrying a board bearing his name. Fortunately, Park Boyoung was very understanding of him, so he did not have to bother looking for a taxi.

            “Master Lee Haejun.”

            Haejun nodded at the driver as he lowered his sunglasses that had been continuously covering his tired eyes from everyone's sight. The driver then rushed to help Haejun bring his suitcase and immediately opened the passenger seat for Haejun.

            “Please sir, president Park has been waiting for you at Blue House.”

            “Thank you, we go straight to Blue House now.” Haejun said firmly while closing his eyes on the passenger seat.

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Click click click click click

            Flashes of camera blitz repeatedly rained on Yuka's body along with her body movements that were posing in front of the photographer. The woman professionally showed her haughty pose like a theme that had been touched by the photographer before. When the photographer told her to slightly lean her body to the right, Yuka immediately did so obediently and without much refuting. After all, he wanted to finish his shooting session so that he could go home soon and welcome Haejun. And after this he still has one photo shoot session using a bright red dress designed by one of the famous designers of Seoul.

            “Yes, we break thirty minutes before resuming the next session.” the photographer told. Yuka seemed to breathe a sigh of relief while walking towards one of the crews who would help her to release the accessories attached to her body. After this she should go back to makeup a little bolder than before, as the photo shoot after this will give the impression of a fire woman filled with burning ambition, therefore Yuka needed to reinforce a little of her makeup in the waiting room.

            “Minah ssi, can you help me to remove my hair accessories? After this I have to pose with my hair draped and seen fluttering in front of the camera.” Yuka said to Hong Minah who was arranging several bracelets on a long table. The short-haired woman immediately approached Yuka and told Yuka that Naeun had been waiting for her in the waiting room since seventeen minutes ago to do the final makeup on Yuka's face.

            “Naeun has been waiting for you since earlier in the model waiting room, she looks so excited to decorate you as a fire woman.” said Minah giggled. Yuka gave a small smile in response to Minah's teasing and immediately went towards the changing room after all her hair accessories had come off.

           “Naeun-ah, have you been waiting a long time?”

            Yuka bows her head into the waiting room of the model who looks lonely. Though usually the waiting room of the model always looks crowded, especially at the turn of the shooting session. But Yuka doesn't want to speculate too much because it's possible that all the crew are gathering outside as this is the last session of the shoot.

            “Naeun-ah I'm ready to be a woman of fire.”

            Yuka slightly raised her voice to call Naeun, but the woman still did not answer her loud enough call.

           Suddenly Yuka saw something a little odd at the end of her waiting room. Through the mirror, Yuka can see a red stain that looks elongated around the corner of the wall of her room.

            “Naeun..” call Yuka slowly while walking down the silent model waiting room. Yuka continued to step up following the red patches that were getting more and more visible around the wall and also the white floor she was treading on. Yuka then pushed the bathroom door that was at the end of the room with a bad feeling. His premonition said that something bad had happened to Naeun.

            “NAEUN!!”

            Yuka screamed hysterically as she ran over to Naeun's bloodied body. Yuka quickly checks Naeun's wrist and Naeun's pulse around her neck, but unfortunately Naeun's pulse has stopped, the woman is dead.

            Yuka then rushes to contact the headquarters for her colleagues to come immediately to investigate Naeun's mysterious death case. According to his premonition Naeun died not because of a coincidence, but because it was planned by someone. Moreover, just a moment ago he was still joking with Naeun and he saw if the woman was in good shape, he said, so it is unlikely that Naeun died today because the woman committed suicide. Someone must have killed Naeun.

            “Yeri, quickly come to Park Jaejong's shooting studio in Gangnam, just now that one of the crews that is the make up artist I found has been located in the bathroom in a lifeless state, it seems Naeun has been killed using a blunt object made from hard, blunt, since I found a bruised wound around her arm and her hind head ruptured, you and the others should come here immediately because I can't do my research on my status as a model, do you understand?”

            “...............”

            “Alright, don't forget to invite Myungso because he is now one of the members of the second division in charge of forensics.”

            “..............”

            “I will try to secure this room to keep it sterile from the reach of civilians. And I think the perpetrator of Naeun's murder was the person in this studio.” Yuka said analyzing while examining Naeun's body. After that he immediately hung up his phone after Yeri disconnected their phone first.

            While waiting for Yeri's arrival, Yuka tried to take the time to check the waiting room. It is possible that the evidence used to kill the victim is items that are in the room, such as chairs, light tables, fans, or...

            Umbrellas....

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            Haejun stretched his hands several times into the air after the president's private driver Park informed him that they had reached the president's official house. During the trip from the airport to the president's office house, Haejun had fallen asleep a few minutes fast, so the situation now could be said to be much better than the terrible situation a moment ago.

            “Thanks. Ahjussi, can I ask ahjussi to call me a taxi, after this I plan to go somewhere, so I do not want to trouble ahjussi any further.”

            “Good sir, I will book a taxi for you. Better now you go inside because the president of Park has been waiting for you.”

            Haejun nodded his head at a glance and immediately went to meet President Park at his residence. Besides this time he also has many questions on his mind that since a few days ago he wanted to ask directly to President Park. And this question concerns his little family, Yuka and Enzo.

            “Happy day president Park.”

            Haejun bent his body ninety degrees in front of the door of the president's room. Seeing Haejun's arrival, President Park immediately waved his hand and told Haejun to immediately enter his room.

            “Come captain, there are some things I want to talk to you about related to smuggling in Chunsang, Xinyang, and Guanzi, please, the three ports are China's largest ports and are transit points for some cargo ships. During your time on duty, did you find anything strange there?”

            “Actually I found a lot of odd things there, but I found something even stranger than the others, the cargo transport truck that suddenly came and immediately took logistics materials from Korea. The truck really did not pass through the inspection section and could exit easily from the port area without passing through customs inspection. Then when I asked some of the crew who carried the cargo, they said it was common for seven years. So one of the food factories in China does always pass the customs inspection and can take their goods easily without the need to spend a lot of money to do tax.” Haejun Rutu's story. Park Boyoung rubbed his chin in a daze while thinking.

            “I think the problem is getting more and more complicated days. But I think it all happened because of someone who had been hiding behind Nam Yulwon, Kangta, and some other names involved in the dirty thing. Have you found the head of their cabal?”

            “So far I am investigating it, and I added Park Jaejong as one of their members because Park Jaejong looks so suspicious with some of the assets he has. For the size of someone who only works as an agency boss, Park Jaejong seems to have the wealth that a conglomerate should have, but to make sure I will investigate Park Jaejong's background first.”

            President Park nodded his head satisfied with Haejun's performance results. It is not wrong that he chose Haejun to investigate this case because from the beginning he was very sure if Haejun can definitely handle it. But there is one thing that makes him a little disappointed with Haejun, which is his current status which is proven to be married

with one of his juniors, even though the rules at his headquarters are clearly written if intel agents should not marry fellow agents. And actually what he disappointed was not the status of Haejun, but the result of that status that would make Haejun become weak later because he had people who were very vulnerable to become enemy targets.

            “Didn't your wife work at Park Jaejong's agency?”

            Haejun froze on the spot when suddenly President Park asked him something that sounded like a statement. From the beginning he had thought that the president actually knew his status was married. But what he fears now is that the president will forbid him from meeting his family during this mission.

            “Where do you know about it?” asked Haejun calmly. The man tried to cover up his nervousness by showing a flat face that looked reassuring, even though his heart was racing.

            “Sorry, maybe this will bother you a little, but all this time I put a spy to investigate your background, and after getting the results, I've been looking for it, I was quite surprised by your status that turned out to be married and have a son who is now sitting on a kindergarten bench. I honestly don't care if you're married, especially if you're married to your own junior, but I'm just worried about your family's safety because we don't know when the enemy will move. If your enemies come to know this, I'm afraid they will take advantage of your weakness to bring you down.” said President Park with a sad face. Haejun observed the change in the president's facial expression while imagining the events of fifteen years ago when the president was still a member of the state military. At that time the president was also doing a secret mission, but because it was too rash, the president actually put his sister in danger because the younger brother was kidnapped by mafia conspirators who are being investigated by President Park, who is now in danger, and in the end, the president's younger sister Park was killed by the plot after the younger brother was raped with great cruelty. Therefore, he felt understood if President Park said that to him, because president Park did not want him to experience the same thing as himself in the past.

            “Before I would like to thank the president for the understanding of my status, and after this I will be more careful in carrying out missions so that the criminals do not know my weak points. After all as long as I investigated the case, I had already reduced my intensity to meet

with my wife and children, but I feel like I can't do that for too long, because they are everything to me.”

            “I think it's natural, because family is the most important thing in our lives. Do what you think is good and leave what you think is bad, I think you are more than mature to think about it, so be careful.” President Park's message wisely. Haejun nodded his head in understanding and immediately resigned himself to the president because he still had some other work to complete at the headquarters. For a while he will stop his investigation because he wants to investigate it gradually, so that in the end he will really get the head that has always been difficult to catch.

            “See you son, may God always protect you.”

            Lee Haejun walked out while exhaling his breath slowly. Finally he can return home after days he spent in the neighboring country to investigate the case of the mafia who had always spread nightmares in his country.

Drt

            Suddenly Haejun felt his phone vibrate. The man immediately reached into his pants pocket and found two missed calls and a short message from an unknown number. He immediately opened the message and found a chat containing a call to meet. Curious about the mysterious sender, Haejun decides to meet the man at a cafe located not far from the agency where Yuka is shooting. After all, he can take advantage of the opportunity to pick up Yuka and go home with his wife using a new car that he gave as a gift for their wedding anniversary.